Spelling-book

One remembers a certain consultation of politicians which is recorded in the Spelling-book; and the opinion of that patriotic sage who avowed that, for a real blameless constitution, an impenetrable shield for liberty, and cheap defence of nations, there was nothing like leather.

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

Deeply injured, I informed her that I knew my letters, and could read over in 'An old man found a rude boy in one of his apple-trees,' -- a fable that all familiar with Webster's Spelling-book will remember.

The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

On account of my youth the teacher did not advance me, and I went again and again through the old Spelling-book, and learnt by heart what was called the 'fore part of the book '-- some dry rules of orthography, which never conveyed the slightest idea to my mind, although I repeated them, parrot-like, without missing a word, and which the teacher never thought of explaining to me.

The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

The next year there were boys 'classes in Horace, in Webster's Spelling-book, and a spelling class using the dictionary, in addition to those mentioned the year before.

North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History Charles Lee 1915

As Abraham had been only seven years old when he left Kentucky, the little beginnings he learned in the schools kept by Riney and Hazel in that State must have been very slight, probably only his alphabet, or at most only three or four pages of Webster's "Elementary Spelling-book."

The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln Helen Nicolay 1910

As Abraham was only seven years old when he left Kentucky, the little beginnings he learned in the schools kept by Riney and Hazel in that state must have been very slight, probably only his alphabet, or at most only three or four pages of Webster's "Elementary Spelling-book."

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

I have, however, most pleasant memories of the good spinster, Maria Yost, who patiently taught three generations of children the rudiments of the English language, and introduced us to the pictures in "Murray's Spelling-book," where Old Father Time, with his scythe, and the farmer stoning the boys in his apple trees, gave rise in my mind to many serious reflections.

Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 1898

Webster's "Spelling-book" were on the market, and extensively used.

History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

But the good housewife never burnt the 'Critical Spelling-book;' it being, probably, too tough for her, in all its hide-bound solidity.

The Life of John Clare Martin, Frederick, 1830-1883 1865

He was lucky enough to get 'Lowe's Critical Spelling-book' at once; but, having got it, underwent a fearful disappointment.

The Life of John Clare Martin, Frederick, 1830-1883 1865